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Mourners left a makeshift memorial outside NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston after the Columbia disaster on Feb. 1, 2003.

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Twenty years after the Columbia disaster, a NASA official reflects on lessons learned

10:10am February 01, 2023

by Rachel Treisman

Seven astronauts died when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated upon reentry on Feb. 1, 2003. NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy looks back on the tragedy and how it shaped the agency.

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NASA's Orion Capsule splashes down after a successful uncrewed Artemis I Moon Mission on Sunday, seen from aboard the USS Portland in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Baja California, Mexico.

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NASA's Artemis I returns from the moon with hopes to get astronauts back there soon

6:33pm December 11, 2022

by Ashley Ahn

The successful splashdown of the spacecraft with no humans aboard keeps NASA's Artemis mission on track to put the first woman and first person of color on the lunar surface by 2025.

Orion's maximum distance from Earth was achieved on flight day 13, when it was 268,563 miles away. That's farther than any other spacecraft built for people--but only mannequins were on board.

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50 years since the last Apollo astronauts went to the moon, NASA is finally going back

3:54pm December 07, 2022

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

December 7, 1972 was the launch of the final mission in NASA's Apollo moon program. Fifty years later, NASA finally seems poised to return people to the lunar surface.

NASA's Artemis 1 Moon rocket sits at Launch Pad Complex 39B at Kennedy Space Center, in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on June 15.

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NASA delays the Artemis 1 moon mission for a third time as a tropical storm approaches

11:37am September 24, 2022

by Juliana Kim

The launch of the uncrewed space vehicle was scheduled for Tuesday but is being pushed back because Tropical Storm Ian might hit Florida next week as a hurricane.

NASA's Space Launch System rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen atop the mobile launcher at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Saturday before the planned launch was scrubbed due to fuel leaks.

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NASA won't try to launch the Artemis 1 moon mission again for at least a few weeks

6:48pm September 03, 2022

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

A recurring leak of liquid hydrogen fuel forced NASA on Saturday to postpone a scheduled launch for the second time this week. The earliest possible launch date is Sept. 19.

NASA's Artemis I rocket sits on launch pad 39-B at Kennedy Space Center ahead of its uncrewed flight around the moon.

Why manikins and Snoopy will make up the crew of NASA's Artemis I mission

5:35pm August 27, 2022

by Wynne Davis

The Artemis I mission is uncrewed, but that doesn't mean the spacecraft is empty. Lots of mementos are making the trip, along with manikins that will help NASA prepare to send humans back to the moon.